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Overview

Robert D. Levitan is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Their research spans a multidisciplinary range within medicine and psychology, with a significant focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, pharmacology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Levitan's recent publications reflect work primarily in maternal and child mental health, pharmacogenomics in depression, and psychosocial development. Notable recent papers include:

  • Maternal Prenatal Mood, Pregnancy-Specific Worries, and Early Child Psychopathology: Findings From the DREAM BIG Consortium, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial, 2022, Translational Psychiatry
  • Low socioeconomic status, parental stress, depression, and the buffering role of network social capital in mothers, 2020, Journal of Mental Health
  • Evaluating depression and anxiety throughout pregnancy and after birth: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
  • Combined polygenic risk scores of different psychiatric traits predict general and specific psychopathology in childhood, 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Their work addresses a range of topics, including maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, birth development and health, treatment of major depression, tryptophan and brain disorders, obesity and related lifestyle factors, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Michael J. Meaney
  • Patrícia Pelufo Silveira
  • Stephen G. Matthews
  • Julia A. Knight
  • Stephen J. Lye

Levitan has published extensively in several venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Psychiatry Research

Their research is grounded in clinical and public health perspectives, contributing knowledge on how various biopsychosocial factors influence mental health outcomes from prenatal stages through childhood. The sustained interdisciplinary nature of their work underlines a commitment to understanding complex interactions in mental health and developmental biology.

Best Publications

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Evidence that 'food addiction' is a valid phenotype of obesity

    Caroline Davis;Claire Curtis;Robert D. Levitan;Jacqueline C. Carter

  • Antidepressant Monotherapy vs Sequential Pharmacotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, or Placebo, for Relapse Prophylaxis in Recurrent Depression

    Zindel V. Segal;Peter Bieling;Trevor Young;Glenda MacQueen

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • From motivation to behaviour: a model of reward sensitivity, overeating, and food preferences in the risk profile for obesity.

    Caroline Davis;Karen Patte;Robert Levitan;Caroline Reid

  • Dopamine for "wanting" and opioids for "liking": a comparison of obese adults with and without binge eating.

    Caroline A. Davis;Robert D. Levitan;Caroline Reid;Caroline Reid;Jacqueline C. Carter

  • A naturalistic visual scanning approach to assess selective attention in major depressive disorder

    Moshe Eizenman;Lawrence H. Yu;Larry Grupp;Erez Eizenman

  • The Can-SAD Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of Light Therapy and Fluoxetine in Patients With Winter Seasonal Affective Disorder

    Raymond W. Lam;Anthony J. Levitt;Robert D. Levitan;Murray W. Enns

  • Major Depression in Individuals With a History of Childhood Physical or Sexual Abuse: Relationship to Neurovegetative Features, Mania, and Gender

    Robert D. Levitan;Sagar V. Parikh;Alain D. Lesage;Kathleen M. Hegadoren

  • Treatment Specific Changes in Decentering Following Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Versus Antidepressant Medication or Placebo for Prevention of Depressive Relapse

    Peter J. Bieling;Lance L. Hawley;Richard T. Bloch;Kathleen M. Corcoran

  • Decision-making deficits and overeating: a risk model for obesity.

    Caroline Davis;Robert D. Levitan;Pierandrea Muglia;Carmen Bewell

  • Efficacy of Bright Light Treatment, Fluoxetine, and the Combination in Patients With Nonseasonal Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Raymond W. Lam;Anthony J. Levitt;Anthony J. Levitt;Robert D. Levitan;Robert D. Levitan;Erin E. Michalak

  • Pathophysiology of seasonal affective disorder: a review.

    Raymond W. Lam;Robert D. Levitan

  • Parenting stress mediates between maternal maltreatment history and maternal sensitivity in a community sample

    Jessica Pereira;Kristin Vickers;Leslie Atkinson;Andrea Gonzalez

  • Associations among overeating, overweight, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a structural equation modelling approach.

    Caroline Davis;Robert D. Levitan;Megan Smith;Stacey Tweed

  • Reward sensitivity and the D2 dopamine receptor gene: A case-control study of binge eating disorder

    Caroline Davis;Robert D. Levitan;Allan S. Kaplan;Allan S. Kaplan;Jacqueline Carter

  • Childhood adversities associated with major depression and/or anxiety disorders in a community sample of Ontario: issues of co-morbidity and specificity.

    Robert D. Levitan;Neil A. Rector;Tess Sheldon;Paula Goering

  • 'Food addiction' and its association with a dopaminergic multilocus genetic profile.

    Caroline Davis;Natalie J. Loxton;Robert D. Levitan;Allan S. Kaplan

  • An open trial of light therapy in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Yuri E. Rybak;Heather E. McNeely;Bronwyn E. Mackenzie;Umesh R. Jain

  • Use of slow-release melatonin in treatment-resistant depression.

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  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Caroline Davis
Caroline Davis York University
Leslie Atkinson
Leslie Atkinson Toronto Metropolitan University
Hunna J. Watson
Hunna J. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jacqueline C. Carter
Jacqueline C. Carter Memorial University of Newfoundland
Alison S. Fleming
Alison S. Fleming University of Toronto
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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